Pubwards we crawled again
The queue had skewed around the bend
And me the last of all my friends
Halloween in Galway
"I'm sorry buddy not tonight"
Peter mutters steely eyed
The lads are in and out of sight
Concerned as always
I wandered lonely as the crowd
Turns a darker shade of loud
My brain picks apart and teases over
All I might do wrong
While someone dressed as Jesus
Is wailing Redemption Song
Past the couple having dinner
Both staring at their phones
Past the broken-hearted Cupid
Saying "How could I have known?"
After he said "Don't be stupid"
Turned Houdini with the truth
Now she's banging back a bottle
Of 100% proof
Past the Robin Hood who's handing food
Out to a homeless girl
Says "I remember how it feels
To be forgotten by the world"
Then looks into the camera
Says "Poverty must end"
Checks his Rolex and steps back into
His new Mercedes Benz
Past the David Foster Wallace
Bandana in his hair
Who mentions Dostoyevsky when he's sure someone can hear
Then argues with the barman on existential themes
And heads into the bathroom to Google what it means
Saying "I'm not shy I'm understated
The Mona Lisa's overrated
Stop trying to make me perfect
Cause being human's complicated."
I'm sorry buddy not tonight
I'm sorry buddy not tonight
Then back down to earth again
Having beaten myself round the bend
With me's that lead to bitter ends
I see your face
There's a gravity about you
Something in the eyes
One of those conversations
Where you don't need to try
The game of who can tell
The most earnest lie
My hopeless rumination
Clocks out for the night
Until you say "take off your mask"
You reach out to find the clasp
I say "I can't" and watch you gasp
Laughing, you say "Goodnight"
